Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)’s real estate and construction team in Tokyo offers a comprehensive service to domestic and international clients, covering inbound acquisitions of and investments in office buildings, data centres, hotels, and nursing homes, among other assets, on the real estate side, and large-scale project developments on the construction front. With over 25 years’ experience in domestic and cross-border real estate transactions, development, and financing, including in TMK and GK-TK investment structures, Seishi Ikeda leads the real estate team. Construction head Ean Mac Pherson regularly advises both EPC contractors and project developers on renewable energy, data centre, and aquafarming construction projects. Taijiro Suzuki focuses on real estate finance. Maki Kawamura has experience in office, residential, retail, and resort projects. Chris Hodgens retired from practice in 2024.
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‘The team has expertise in clean energy.'
Kernmandanten
- Air Trunk
- Blue Melon Capital
- Deutsche Bank AG, Tokyo Branch
- Gaw Capital Partners
- ING Bank
- InterContinental Hotels Group
- Ito-en, Ltd.
- Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR)
- Lone Star Group
- Niseko Real Estate
Highlight-Mandate
- Advised Travel + Leisure, a US-based membership travel company, on its acquisition of the Yushi Chikumakan hot spring ryokan in Chikuma City (Nagano prefecture), which will reopen as Club Wyndham Chikumakan Nagano after undergoing renovation.
- Advised Gaw Capital Partners on its partnership with GDS Holdings Limited to build a 40MW carrier-neutral data centre campus in Fuchu, West Tokyo.
- Acted as counsel to Mandarin Oriental in respect of its agreements with a consortium led by Shikoku Electric Power Co., Ltd. in relation to the development of three distinctive boutique properties in Japan, branded as Mandarin Oriental, Setouchi, strategically located around the picturesque Seto Inland Sea.
Anwält*innen
Hall of fame
Die Anwält*innen an der Spitze ihres Berufsstands, die aufgrund ihres langjährigen Engagements in marktführender Arbeit von Wettbewerbern und Mandanten gleichermaßen geschätzt und anerkannt werden.
Führende Partner*innen
Die stärksten Partner*innen ihres Praxisbereichs, die eine führende Rolle in signifikanten Mandaten einnehmen und weitreichende Anerkennung unter Wettbewerbern und Mandanten genießen.
Chris Hodgens
Partner*innen der nächsten Generation
Juniorpartner*innen, die im Markt von Mandanten und Wettbewerbern anerkannt werden und in einigen Mandaten eine Schlüsselrolle einnehmen.
Praxisleitung
Seishi Ikeda; Ean Mac Pherson
Weitere Kernanwält*innen
Taijiro Suzuki; Maki Kawamura; Akiko Hosokawa; Samir Desai; Kosuke Suzuki